Twilight Boundary

Chapter 560: Letter to Ghosts and Gods

 “He doesn’t have much ability, he just stretches his arms.”

“And this is why we want to force him now.”

In Mingzhou Fucheng, countless incense sticks have been burning in the heart of the city. After one burner was burned, a new burner was replaced. Moreover, the incense seemed to be unable to be blown away by the wind, and it continued to permeate the city. Don't go.

This also makes the entire Mingzhou city always shrouded in smoke, making it difficult to distinguish between day and night, especially the fog that seems to be alive. From time to time, it wants to sneak in through the cracks in the door and whisper.

The whole city is depressed, every house is closed, and no one dares to raise his voice for fear of being heard by things in the fog.

At this time, in the center of Mingzhou City, behind the incense table, the man with disheveled hair and sword seemed to be relaxed, and he casually took some fresh fruit from the incense table to eat.

Seeing that the fourth-generation eldest granddaughter of the Hu family beside the case seemed a little confused about their decision, and her expression was not relaxed, she smiled slightly and explained: "Your guess before was actually good. I brought you here just to touch." This kid has a bad temper.”

“But ultimately, this is a big deal, and it can’t be left to children.”

“Back then, if the eldest son of their lineage, your Grandpa Hu Xian, had not separated from us and taken over the Zhencong Mansion, then everyone would have been relieved.”

"Even after the family is divided, if his father, you, Uncle Hu Shan, inherits the Zhencheng Mansion, he has always been prudent and is the eldest son and grandson, and we have nothing to say."

"But it happened that your Grandpa Hu Xian died immediately after we separated from our family. Brother Hu Shan left Shangjing a few years ago and disappeared. But it was the turn of this man who had never lived in Qingyuan for a day or two. The young boy inherited the Zhenzheng Mansion..."

 “He doesn’t even know what an important burden Zhenzheng Mansion is.”

"Our Qingyuan Hu family has guarded the imperial capital for generations to suppress evil spirits and divide yin and yang. However, we were only acting on behalf of the imperial power. It was not until twenty years ago that the late emperor issued a decree and handed over the real estate to us. ”

"It can be said that from then on, our Hu family's reputation as a suppressor of evil spirits has been truly fulfilled. However, because the burden was too heavy, and we were afraid that it would involve the entire family, we had no choice but to separate the family. This is a move to protect the blessings.”

“But this doesn’t mean that Zhenzheng Mansion has nothing to do with us, let alone that it belongs to him!”

　　　…”

As he spoke, his face became a bit gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "That grandma of the Bai family is also petty, and she really feels that she has drawn a clear line with us. She has not communicated with us for twenty years, and even the five evil spirits have been expelled. The door, that was a gift from the late emperor to entrust Gu Gu with his luck..."

“…She actually hid her in the mountains for twenty years and was not allowed to come out of the world. Look what has happened to her now that she has gone to hell.”

“I know you are still thinking about it and don’t want to cause too much trouble, but we came here not because we are greedy for Zhenzhen Mansion or anything, but we just can’t let him be so willful and ruin the reputation of Zhenzhen Mansion.”

“He can use the weapon to suppress evil, but he can’t act recklessly. He needs someone to help him. It’s just that he has a problem with us and doesn’t know how to deal with it, so he keeps hiding.”

“Hiding for so long has exhausted people’s patience, and the situation has become increasingly urgent.”

“Now that he’s reached this point, it depends on how long he can stretch himself. If he really can’t get off the stage, he will be guilty of a serious crime.”

　　　…”

Listening to the third uncle Hu Feng behind the incense table patiently speaking to herself, Hu Xi, the fourth-generation eldest granddaughter of the Hu family, still couldn't let go. She raised her head and glanced at her third uncle and whispered: "But we also stretched. If we don’t stay here, people will start to die in the city within three days at most.”

With this sentence, she got to the point.

 It was just a joke to build such a big altar but only offer three animals and six sacrifices on the incense table.

 With this third uncle's conduct, he himself cannot support such a large altar.

The people who really supported the altar were actually the people in the entire city of Mingzhou, and they relied on their vitality to build the altar.

But because of this, the longer the altar lasted, the greater the consumption of the people's popularity in the city. Earlier, the cousin of the Hu family kept delaying and refused to meet, making her affairs more and more difficult to handle. Many problems were exposed.

Now if the cousin still delays, the consequences will be more serious. In just three days, people will die in this city, and they will die in large numbers...

 There is actually a best way to crack such a large altar, and that is dragging.

 After dragging it for three to five days, the altar will collapse on its own.

She is really worried that the cousin of the Hu family will ignore it and drag it until the people in the city are riding a tiger. The Hu family cannot be the Qingyuan Hu family. Do they really want all the people in the city to die?

But when the third uncle in charge of the Dharma altar heard this, he laughed: "If he could really stretch for three days, I would admire him."

"It's a pity that if this is the case, Mingzhou will fall below its weight. Can he bear the consequences?"

“Furthermore, it only takes two days at most for the Hungry Ghost Army to lead all of them to Mingzhou. By then, Mingzhou will be able to eat and move forward unimpeded. How can he still hold back and not take action?”

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked up the stairs behind him. At the highest point on the stairs, two other uncles from the Hu family were guarding a clay sculpture, not leaving, and the expressions on their faces became playful: "...and This is exactly what we are waiting for.”

“He once had the courage to kill the five evil spirits, but now, it really depends on how long he can endure before he is willing to kill the **** of Guanzhou...”

　　　…”

For some reason, Hu Xi couldn't help but feel worried when he saw his third uncle's confident expression.

But at this moment, suddenly, there was a dead silence, and only the smoke of incense filled the city of Mingzhou. Otherwise, a gust of wind suddenly blew up, blowing a wisp of incense smoke in front of the incense table. Xuan'er, rising up quietly. "So fast?"

At first sight of this movement, the third uncle of the Hu family hurriedly threw away the fruit in his hand and stood up suddenly. After taking a closer look, his expression became stunned again: "Is that all you have?"

 …

 …

Not long ago, in Zhumen Town, after listening to Hu Ma’s detailed explanation, Aunt Zhang and Grandma Qi were both a little frightened and a little confused, but they slowly made up their minds.

Agu Zhang borrowed paper and pen from Protector Zuo Shen Hongzhi, and wrote a lot of letters. There were not many words in each letter, but they were piled up in a high pile. She didn't ask Shen Hongzhi until late at night to write. Red Fat helped set up a large fire pit.

She burned incense conscientiously and worshiped ghosts. She first took out the token in her arms and worshiped in front of the fire pit. Then she knelt down in front of the fire pit and slowly said her goodbyes: "I am Lao Yinshan." Aunt Zhang, head of Woer Village in Feng County, please help me if Mingzhou is in trouble."

“Belief comes from me and orders come from me. The evil spirits are rampant in Mingzhou and the food supply is exhausted. I only set up an altar to protect the villages and countryside to drive away the evil spirits..."

　　　…”

She was originally from the countryside and spoke the local dialect. Now that she came to Zhumen Town, she met many people and saw the world, so she subconsciously changed her local pronunciation and tried to speak in Mandarin.

 It’s just that the Mandarin is not standard, but you can hear her seriousness.

While bidding her farewell, she slowly stopped and muttered silently: "What the shopkeeper said is so big that I can't understand it all. I only know that in this troubled world, in order to survive in poverty, we cannot break the rules, no matter how unfair they are." , it is also the last way of survival for the poor...'

 ‘So, I am not sending this letter on behalf of the Zhencheng Prefecture, but in my own capacity to ask for help from my fellow villagers...'

  ‘…’

After thinking clearly, she filled the letters she had written, one by one, into the fire, licked by the flames, and turned into ashes. In the night, no one knew how many little ghosts were invited. came, got the letters one after another, and escaped into the night again.

“Grandma Qi Gu, what are we doing?”

On the other side, a few yellow-skinned dogs who had eaten too much recently and had thick legs and big bellies were also surrounded by an old lady with small feet and a flower on her head, and they hurriedly ran up the mountain.

They were naturally confused and hurriedly asked the solemn-faced Grandma Qi next to them. However, they saw that Grandma Qi, who usually seemed to know everything, also looked confused now. She just pretended to be calm and said:

“Eating noodles, it’s a big event this time. Not only can we eat it, but all the good sisters everywhere can also smell it..."

　　　…”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, several yellow-skins around him became excited: "How big of a banquet must this be?"

"have no idea!"

Seventh Aunt Grandma said: "Anyway, listen, I'm afraid it's even bigger than that big city in the north. We only invite a few people and we can sit down at the main table. How can we not use our strength properly?"

As he said that, he climbed to the top of the mountain, took the posuo from the hand of Huang Pizi next to him, puffed up his cheeks, and started blowing hard.

In an instant, the invisible air movement was touched, and the soothing sound was accompanied by the dark wind blowing from the Laoyin Mountain, crisscrossing and blowing far away in all directions. In an instant, it was unknown how many people hidden in the corners of Mingzhou were disturbed. There are strange spirits in the nooks and crannies.

In Niujiawan, there is an old turtle that has been hiding for many years. In the woods of Laoyin Mountain, there are also toads that have become a climate. Going southwest from Qingshi Town, there are peach trees at the foot of the mountain, as well as various species of foxes and raccoons. Or the mountains, rocks, grass and trees, all woke up and turned around.

"What the hell? Those people would actually invite us to a banquet?"

 “To go or not to go?”

　　　…”

　　　…”

At the same time, in Zhumen Town, in the deserted courtyard, Hu Ma was also preparing to set up an altar.

He didn't need help from others. Even Xiao Hongtang only helped him protect the law. He didn't need her to help. He spent half the afternoon to tie up a few straw men and stand aside. He also took a handful of rice and sprinkled it on onto the ground, forming a circle.

Instead of setting up an incense table, he just lit three incense sticks, a lamp, and prepared only four talismans, which were simply posted on the backyard wall behind him. Then he borrowed a mahogany sword from Xiao Hongtang, and poured it down. Holding it in his hand, he slowly made a sword formula and pointed forward gently:

 “Raise the altar!”

　　　…”

With a "pop" sound, a candle flame jumped out from the oil lamp. It was extremely weak and shivered in the cold wind.

Hu Ma looked at it with satisfaction. He also knew that the altar in Mingzhou City was sitting there and watching over Mingzhou. Maybe if he set up this altar now, the other party would also see it, and they might be confused. What is the use of this small altar?

 But it doesn’t matter, this time I am going to tell them what the altar does.

 (End of this chapter)